Boulders and Layers in Canyon (PSP_009342_1725) (original) (raw)

Acquisition date
24 July 2008

Local Mars time
15:27

Latitude (centered)
-7.231°

Longitude (East)
267.350°

Spacecraft altitude
264.0 km (164.1 miles)

Original image scale range
26.4 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~79 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
0.6°

Phase angle
60.1°

Solar incidence angle
60°, with the Sun about 30° above the horizon

Solar longitude
103.0°, Northern Summer

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 39.6°

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
B&W label
Color label
Merged IRB label
Merged RGB label
EDR products
HiView

NB
IRB: infrared-red-blue
RGB: red-green-blue
About color products (PDF)

Black & white is 5 km across; enhanced color about 1 km
For scale, use JPEG/JP2 black & white map-projected images

USAGE POLICY
All of the images produced by HiRISE and accessible on this site are within the public domain: there are no restrictions on their usage by anyone in the public, including news or science organizations. We do ask for a credit line where possible:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

POSTSCRIPT
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona.